325. JUNIPERUS BARBADENSIS SOUTHERN RED CEDAR. 45 



USES. This wood is used almost exclusively in the manufacture of 

 lead pencils, for which it is peculiarly adapted, but the natural supply 

 is now so reduced that it has become expensive, and other woods are 

 being substituted. It is also valued for chests for clothes, the odor of 

 the wood being considered obnoxious to moths. 



The tree is extensively planted as an ornamental shade tree in the 

 cities and towns of the Gulf States, and hence its naturalization in 

 localities outside of its natural range. 



